kahan na-jaane chala gaya intizar kar ke
yahan bhi hota tha ek mausam-e-bahaar kar ke

jo hum pe aisa na kar-e-duniya ka jabr hota
to hum bhi rahte yahan junun ikhtiyar kar ke

na-jaane kis samt ja basi baad-e-yaad-parwar
hamare atraf khushbuon ka hisar kar ke

katengi kis din madar-o-mehwar ki ye tanaben
ki thak gae hum hisab-e-lail-o-nahaar kar ke

teri haqiqat-pasand duniya mein aa base hain
hum apne khwabon ki sari raunaq nisar kar ke

ye dil to sine mein kis qarine se gunjta tha
ajib hangama kar diya be-qarar kar ke

har ek manzar har ek khalwat ganwa chuke hain
hum ek mahfil ki yaad par inhisar kar ke

tamam lamhe wazahaton mein guzar gae hain
hamari aankhon mein ek sukhan ko ghubar kar ke

ye ab khula hai ki us mein moti bhi dhundte the
ki hum to bas aa gae hain dariya ko par kar ke

ba-qadr-e-khwab-e-talab lahu hai na zindagi hai
ada karoge kahan se itna udhaar kar ke